NATO's failure in Libya : lessons for Africa / Horace Campbell.
When the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings erupted in Africa, in the first two months of the year 2011, with the chant, ëthe people want to bring down the regimeí, there was hope all over the continent that these rebellions were part of a wider African Awakening. President Ben Ali of Tunisia was force...
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Africa Institute of South Africa,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Preface; Introduction; The Independence of Libya and the Birth of NATO; The liberation struggle; NATO's origins; The Collapse of the Soviet Union and Emergence of a Global NATO; Protecting finance capital; NATO spreads its reach; Muammar Gaddafi and the Elusive Revolution; UN sanctions and the 'conversion' of the regime; The neo-liberal assault on Libya- London School of Economics and Harvard Professors; Getting Libyans to 'want what you want'; UN Security Council Resolution 1973 and the Responsibility to Protect.
- The threat of genocide: facts and fictionLibya and the Gulf Cooperation Council; Protecting civilians or jolting for position?; Libyan Resources; Mediterranean El Dorado; Libya's groundwater resources and the Great Man-made River Project; France and Libya; Libya and the Financialisation of Energy Markets; Investment houses and Big Oil; The Libyan Investment Authority; The NATO Campaign; War in Libya: Europe's confused response; The divisions within the US; Divisions beyond NATO and in the Mediterranean region; The African Union and Libya; The AU's diplomatic efforts.
- A statement from African intellectualsNATO in Libya as a Military Information Operation; Disinformation and Operation Dawn Mermaid: When is a war not a war?; Who Took Tripoli?; Tawergha and the Myth of 'African Mercenaries'; The Execution of Gaddafi; Gaddafi's escape from Tripoli; US Drones and French jets: pinpointing Gaddafi's location; Managing the news of the nature of Gaddafi's demise; NATO's Libyan Mission: A Catastrophic Failure; Worldwide opposition; European Isolation in Africa; Conclusion: NATO and the Recursive Processes of Failure and Destruction in Libya.
- Libya's resource nationalism and Gaddafi'ssupport of a strong AUNATO's mission in Africa backfires; Notes and References; Appendix 1
- LIBYA, AFRICA AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER: An Open Letter t the Peoples of Africa and the World from Concerned Africans; Appendix 2
- African Union Peace and Security Council; Appendix 3
- UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL; Appendix 4
- CHINESE BUSINESSES IN LIBYA; Appendix 5
- THIS IS MY WILL; Back cover.